Wooden boat.



E. S. HOUGH.

WOODEN BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27. 191s.

,228,922. Patented Junev 5, 1917.

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EDWARD S. HOUGI-I, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORN'IA.r

WOODEN BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial No. 122,469.

T0 all fio/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. HOUGI-I, citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Boats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wooden boats.

'Ihe object of my invention is to produce the hull of a wood vessel in which the amounts of material required to be used is greatly less than has heretofore been employed, and in which the frames, girders, planking, floor, ceiling and other members are mostly formed of straight. or unshaped timbers and pieces of timbers. A further object thereof is to produce a boat of said character Vof unshaped timbers, that is to say, pieces that abut each other at straight angles and right angles and avoid the need of being shaped to correspond at their contacting edges and faces. Another object thereofis to produce a frame and hull structure of a boat in which the parts are more securely braced and supported for the strains to which they are subjected, and a still further object of my invention is to produce a more simple, cheap, and eflicient boat of the character described than has heretofore been attained.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the hull of a boat of my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

The ship of my invention comprises the keel l above which the laterally extending girder structuresQ are erected at the outer ends of which the side structures 3 are erected.

Said .girders comprise the hoor-frame members 4 of the straight timbers 4.a and 4b the, ends of which abut above the keel, which members are set on edge and are spaced apart at preferred distances throughout the length of the vessel. Said timbers preferably form an obtuse angle at their contacting ends above the keel, and at their outer ends have secured thereto the straight side ribs 5 forming therewith at the turn of the bilge an obtuse angle.

Above the point of contact between the timber frames 4a and ab, and fitted to the angle thus formed are secured the stays 6 upon which the longitudinal floor members 7, comprising a plurality of stringers 8 are secured, and mounted above same are secured the transverse floor members 9 which rest .and are secured upon the said stringers intermediate of their ends and upon the frames 4a and ab at their outer ends.

The outside planking or sheathing 10 is secured longitudinally on the frame members 4L and the ribs 5, the abutting edges of which form straight angles and thus avoid the necessity of shaping or working to conform to the curve of the lines of Vessels of ordinary construction.

It will be apparent that the frame of a vessel formed and shaped as above described, and as shown in the drawings, may

be constructed entirely of straight timbers,

thus avoiding the fitting and beveling of the parts thereof and of the strakes and outside planking, and also reducing the material employed to the minimum. It will be furtherv appreciated that the longitudinal and transverse bracing and cross bracing is calculated to increase the strength and stability of the structure and reduce its cost and facilitate and expedite the time required for construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to be secured by Letters Patent, is-- l. A ship frame in wood comprising a plurality of transverse bottom members of straight timbersmeeting each other at the medial line of the vessel at their inner ends, substantially vertical side ribs of straight timbers, secured at the outer ends of said bottom timbers, transverse iioor timbers secured at their outer ends to said bottom timbers, and 'longitudinal stringers intermediate of said bottom timbers and floor timbers.

2. A ship frame, comprising a plurality of straight transverse bottom timbers meeting each other at the medial line of the vessel at their inner ends at less than a right angle, butt pieces securing the ends of said timbers and conforming to the angle formed by same, substantially vertical side ribs of Patented J une 5, 1917..

straight timbers secured at the outer ends of bers and intermediate of their ends to said longitudinal stringere.

3. In a Wooden boat, the combination with a plurality of skeleton bottom girders forming a bottom frame, continuous longitudinal stringers intersecting said girders, side ribs erected on said girders, outer sheathing for Said bottom yfrzime and iside. ribs7 and an interior sheathing forming a double bottom therefor, Substantially as delo scribed.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD S. HOUGI-I.

Witnesses:

CHARLES EDELMAN, JNO. F. RIORDAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

f Washington, D. C. 

